Due to low conifer and hardwood tree seed supplies in eastern Canada, it has been predicted that this year could be a good one for Evening … Read More
How I Twitch Using eBird
Some time ago, I did a half-day trip and drove cross-state to score a regional rarity. The target bird was a juvenile White Ibis at … Read More
Am I in Nebraska?
I had a great morning of birding today. The plan was to head to Montezuma NWR and try to relocate the Yellow-headed Blackbird that had … Read More
Sharp-tailed Lifer
[dc]T[/dc]his morning I read of a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper that was found at Irondequoit Bay near Rochester NY. After a well-timed text from Tom Johnson … Read More
Summer Tanagers nesting in Lebanon County, PA
Chad Kauffman, Wayne Laubscher, and I made a quick stop at Middle Creek WMA this morning to try and find the breeding Dickcissel and Blue … Read More
Clay-colored Sparrow – Huntingdon County, PA
Dave and Trudy Kyler, two of Huntingdon County’s top birders, found a beautiful adult Clay-colored Sparrow yesterday morning at Old Crow Wetlands. My friends and … Read More
Eared Grebe – Cambria Co, PA
On the evening of April 24th I got a text from Michael David asking me to get the word out that he was currently looking at … Read More
Harris’s Sparrow – Centre County, PA
Yesterday morning, Bob Snyder was leaving his house in Howard, PA to go to work when he noticed an interesting sparrow at his backyard bird … Read More
Missed the Lesser Goldfinch…..
This morning several of us from State College ran down to Greencastle, PA in search of the Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)Â that Dale Gearhart reported yesterday. … Read More
Snowy Owl – Armstrong County, PA
I thought that the Cumberland County, PA Snowy Owl was going to be the last of that species I would see for a while – … Read More